Of the 432 homicides committed between January 1 and August 16 of this year, the department has solved 92, or 21 percent of them, the Chicago Tribune reported. When homicides committed in all years are added in, the department says the clearance rate is about 30 percent. But even that figure is lower than the 49 percent clearance rate in Philadelphia and 56 percent clearance rate in Houston, which ranks just behind Chicago in terms of population size. In fact, the FOP says the number of detectives has dwindled from 1,151 in 2009 to 863 as of July. This comes amid a sharp spike in the number of homicides and shootings this year.

Source: Fox News September 10, 2016 18:33 UTC